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There’s no place like kindergarten! 💗 We have

There’s no place like kindergarten! 💗 We have way too much fun together! Happy 100th Day!

❄️This week I thought it would be fun to write

❄️This week I thought it would be fun to write a math problem that aligned to one of our read alouds! Students were already invested in the story, so this problem was a hit! We were reminded of how important it is to have a way to keep track of what we’ve already counted. So many skills practiced!

My afternoon class did the same activity as the mo

My afternoon class did the same activity as the morning class (see yesterday’s post) except they looked closely at The Hat! They also worked collaboratively to draw and label the characters from the story. For the writing, all students wrote on white boards and then some came up to write on the sentence strips. This is a great way to get everyone engaged in interactive writing.

💗Students worked in groups of 2-3 to draw and l

💗Students worked in groups of 2-3 to draw and label the characters from The Mitten. The interactive writing was completed over the past two days. Everyone did the writing on their whiteboards and some came up to write on the sentence strips. ❄️

After introducing our new poem today, I asked stud

After introducing our new poem today, I asked students what they noticed about the words... and this is what they found! 😍 chunks, sight words, silent e’s ! #kindergarten

❄️ We’ll be reading The Snowy Day soon and t

❄️ We’ll be reading The Snowy Day soon and talking all about setting! Students love creating the setting from the book with snow paint! Can’t wait to do this again!

👩🏼‍🏫✅Another day, another math proble

👩🏼‍🏫✅Another day, another math problem! We’ve been noticing the attributes of shapes and this problem put their knowledge to the test! Students worked with partners to figure out combinations of pattern blocks. Tomorrow we will come back together and share our ideas!

💁🏼‍♀️TRUTH: We’ve temporarily forgot

💁🏼‍♀️TRUTH: We’ve temporarily forgot some our expectations during Writer’s Workshop, so we’ll spend the rest of the week practicing and polishing up our routines!

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